‘A special miracle granted only to Doosan’ 2-game losing streak to 3-game winning streak, reverse sweep, what are the odds, SSG survival conditions?
Can SSG Landers pull off a reverse sweep, and what are the odds of a miracle?
SSG is on the brink. SSG lost the second game of the semi-finals against the NC Dinos 3-7 on the 23rd at SSG Landers Field in Incheon. It was the second straight game SSG failed to overtake for the second day in a row.토토사이트
The best-of-five semifinal series. SSG has nowhere to go but up. They need to win games three through five to advance to the playoffs.
Throughout postseason history, there have been very few instances of a team on the brink of elimination winning all of their remaining games and pulling off a reverse sweep. The same is true for semi-playoff series.
The semifinals used to be a best-of-three series, then became a best-of-five series for a limited time in 2005, and have been a best-of-three series since the 2008 season. Only in the 2020-2021 season was the postseason shortened to a best-of-three format due to COVID-19.
In the history of best-of-five semifinal series, only twice out of 14 times has a team lost Games 1 and 2 and then won Games 3-5 to advance to the playoffs. And that was just one team. The Doosan Bears won three games in a row after losing two in a row against the Lotte Giants in the 2010 semifinals to advance to the playoffs, and they won three games in a row after losing two in a row against the Nexen Heroes in 2013.
Given the odds, SSG can only hope for a miracle.
After a day off on the 24th, the two teams will travel to Changwon NC Park on the 25th for Game 3. Although the 24th is a rest day, it is actually a long travel day from Incheon to Changwon.
SSG will need to win both Games 3 and 4 in Changwon and then return home to Incheon to win the final Game 5 to advance to the playoffs. NC was expected to start 20-win pitcher and league’s best ‘ace’ Eric Peddie in Game 3, but he’s not fully fit yet, so Tanner Tully will go first.
SSG will counter with Oh Won-seok. SSG will have to pray for good fortune as the psychological pressure to win every game is high.
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